Close Race

The primary in New York’s 11th Congressional District is a dead heat just days before the election:

The results of the poll, first reported by Daily News political columnist Ben Smith on his blog yesterday, show City Council members Yvette Clarke (D-Flatbush) and David Yassky (D-Brooklyn Heights) with 20% of the vote each.

State Sen. Carl Andrews (D-Crown Heights) and Chris Owens, son of retiring incumbent Major Owens, both got 19% of the vote in the survey conducted by pollster Tom Kiley and paid for by a private company.

That leaves 22% of voters undecided in the splintered race for the 11th Congressional District, which includes Crown Heights, Flatbush and parts of Park Slope.

Mastering the obvious:

“It means that nobody has yet cracked through, and they only have a few days to do it,” said political observer Hank Sheinkopf, adding, “The undecideds will decide this race.

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